Neochodaeus
Nikolajev, 1995
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4Neochodaeus is a of scarab beetles in the Ochodaeidae, established by Nikolajev in 1995. The genus comprises at least four described distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Members are associated with sandy , earning them the common designation of 'sand-loving scarab beetles'. The genus belongs to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea and is classified within the tribe Ochodaeini.
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Habitat
Sandy environments; specific microhabitat preferences within these systems remain undocumented at the level.
Distribution
Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Records indicate presence in North America and parts of Central and South America.
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Species included
The contains at least four described : Neochodaeus frontalis (LeConte, 1863), Neochodaeus praesidii (Bates, 1887), Neochodaeus repandus (Fall, 1909), and Neochodaeus striatus (LeConte, 1854). Some of these species were originally described in other genera and later transferred to Neochodaeus.